Brevard pitches stadium to owners

County to blanket pro baseball teams with spring invitations

10:53 PM,
Sep. 25, 2013

Written by

Dave Berman
| FLORIDA TODAY

Owners of major league baseball's 30 teams will be getting a package of information soon from Brevard County: an invitation to consider Space Coast Stadium in Viera to house their spring training operations.

The Space Coast Office of Tourism is working with Brevard County Commissioner Robin Fisher, local amateur sports organization leader Rusty Buchanan and a marketing agency on the effort, which will include preparing an artist's conception of what the stadium could look like with $29 million in upgrades.

The effort comes as the Washington Nationals, the current spring training ...